CAT 2024 Expected Paper

CAT 2024 Expected Paper

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1. The cost of fencing a rectangular plot is ₹ 200 per ft along one side, and ₹ 100 per ft along the three other
sides. If the area of the rectangular plot is 60000 sq. ft, then the lowest possible cost of fencing all four sides, in INR,
is
1) 120000
2) 100000
3) 160000
4) 90000

2.
1)
2)
3)
4)

3.
1) -15
2) -20
3) -16
4) -12

4. One day, Rahul started a work at 9 AM and Gautam joined him two hours later. They then worked together and
completed the work at 5 PM the same day. If both had started at 9 AM and worked together, the work would have
been completed 30 minutes earlier. Working alone, the time Rahul would have taken, in hours, to complete the
work is
1) 10
2) 12
3) 11.5
4) 12.5

5.
1) 4949
2) 4850
3) 4849
4) 4950

6. Let f(x) be a quadratic polynomial in x such that f(x) ≥ 0 for all real numbers x. If f(2) = 0 and f(4) = 6, then f(–2)
is equal to

7.
1) -4/3
2) 1
3) 0
4) 8/3

8. Find the number of distinct pairs of integers (m,n) that satisfy the inequality: ∣1+mn∣ < ∣m+n∣ < 5 ______ TITA.

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9. There are two containers of the same volume, first container half-filled with sugar syrup and the second
container half-filled with milk. Half the content of the first container is transferred to the second container, and then
the half of this mixture is transferred back to the first container. Next, half the content of the first container is
transferred back to the second container. Then the ratio of sugar syrup and milk in the second container is
1) 4 : 5
2) 5 : 6
3) 6 : 5
4) 5 : 4

10. Two ships meet mid-ocean, and then, one ship goes south and the other ship goes west, both travelling at
constant speeds. Two hours later, they are 60 km apart. If the speed of one of the ships is 6 km per hour more than
the other one, then the speed, in km per hour, of the slower ship is
1) 20
2) 18
3) 24
4) 12

11. If a and b are non-negative real numbers such that a + 2b = 6, then the average of the maximum and minimum
possible values of (a + b) is
1) 3
2) 4.5
3) 4
4) 3.5

12. Regular polygons A and B have number of sides in the ratio 1 : 2 and interior angles in the ratio 3 : 4. Then the
number of sides of B equals _______

13. In an election, there were four candidates and 80% of the registered voters casted their votes. One of the
candidates received 30% of the casted votes while the other three candidates received the remaining casted votes
in the proportion 1 : 2 : 3. If the winner of the election received 2512 votes more than the candidate with the
second highest votes, then the number of registered voters was ______

14. In triangle ABC, altitudes AD and BE are drawn to the corresponding bases. If ∠BAC = 45° and ∠ABC = θ, then
AD/BE equals
1) 1

2)
3) √2 cos θ
4) √2 sin θ

15. Trains A and B start traveling at the same time towards each other with constant speeds from stations X and Y,
respectively. Train A reaches station Y in 10 minutes while train B takes 9 minutes to reach station X after meeting
train A. Then the total time taken, in minutes, by train B to travel from station Y to station X is
1) 12
2) 10
3) 15
4) 6

16. All the vertices of a rectangle lie on a circle of radius R. If the perimeter of the rectangle is P, then the area of
the rectangle is

1)

2)

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3)

4)

17. A trapezium ABCD has side AD parallel to BC, ∠BAD = 90°, BC = 3 cm and AD = 8 cm. If the perimeter of this
trapezium is 36 cm, then its area, in sq. cm, is _______

18. AB is a diameter of a circle of radius 5 cm. Let P and Q be two points on the circle so that the length of PB is 6
cm, and the length of AP is twice that of AQ. Then the length, in cm, of QB is nearest to
1) 9.1
2) 9.3
3) 7.8
4) 8.5

19. The product of the distinct roots of |x2 – x – 6| = x + 2 is

1) –24
2) –16
3) –8
4) –4

20. The wheels of bicycles A and B have radii 30 cm and 40 cm, respectively. While traveling a certain distance,
each wheel of A required 5000 more revolutions than each wheel of B. If bicycle B traveled this distance in 45
minutes, then its speed, in km per hour, was
1) 18π
2) 12π
3) 16π
4) 14π

21.

1)

2)

3)

4)

22.

1) If y > 10, then –x > y

2) If x < 0, then –x < y
3) If y < 0, then –x < y

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Solutions

1. G Strategy break up: Option A.

2. No Shortcut. Option 4.

3. G Strategy: Vedic Tables. Option 3.

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Put x = 1 => f(g(x)) – 3x = - 15

Put x = 2 => f(g(x)) – 3x = - 16
Put x = 3 => f(g(x)) – 3x = - 15
Therefore answer is – 16.

4. No Shortcut. Answer 1

5. G Strategy Tables Answer 2

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6. G Strategy X maro. Answer 24.

7. Tables G Strategy: Answer 3

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8. No Shortcut, Answer 12.

9. Answer 2, G Strategy: Breakup | Equations, Mixtures

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10. Answer 2. Breakup Strategy. TSD & Trigonometry basics

11. Solving Quadratic equation. S = 18

Answer 2; Vedic Table Strategy

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12. G Strategy: Breakup | Angles, Ploygon

13. G Strategy: Percentages, Ratios

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14. G Strategy: Visual POE. √2 sin θ is most common answer using options.

15. No Shortcut
LCM of 9 and 10 as distance between X and Y
D = 90
Speed of A is 90/10 => A = 9
Let time it will take for them to meet be t
t = 9B/A => t = B

Therefore 9B/A = 90/A+ B

B = 90/9 + B
B^2 + 9B - 90 = 0
(B - 6)(B + 15) = 0
B=6

So time it will take train B to travel from Y to X

9B/A + 9 = 15

16. G Strategy: Visual POE. is most common option.

17. G Strategy: Breakup Triplets

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18. G Strategy: Breakup AP GP, Triangles, Circles

19. No Shortcut

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20. G Strategy Breakup | Circle, TSD

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21. G Strategy: Visual POE. Option 3 is most common answer using options.

22. G Strategy: option 3. X maro strategy. If y < 0, then –x < y; put y = -1.

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